Background Briefing on P5+1 Negotiations, July 2014

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Senior administration officials updated the press regarding negotations between the P5+1 (United States, United Kingdom, France, China, Russia, and Germany) and Iran on nuclear nonproliferation, held July 2-20, 2014. The discussions are a continuation of deal reached in November 2013, which provided sanctions relief to Iran in exchange for limiting its nuclear activities by July 20, 2014. P5+1 met again in November 2014 and agreed to extend the deadline for negotiations on Iran's nuclear program.

Excerpt from press briefing:

SENIOR U.S. ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL ONE: "In terms of what has happened thus far in this round, we've made some progress. But on some key issues, Iran has not moved from their – from our perspective – unworkable and inadequate positions that would not in fact assure us that their program is exclusively peaceful, which, as I've said to you many times, we have two objectives: that Iran not acquire a nuclear weapon and that they assure the international community that their program is exclusively peaceful. And so far, on some key issues, Iran has yet to be able to take the decisions that are necessary to meet those objectives.

All you had to do is listen this week to the public comments coming from some in Iran's leadership to see that we are still very far apart on some issues, and obviously, on enrichment capacity. The numbers we've seen them putting out publicly go far beyond their current program, and we've been clear that in order to get an agreement, that their current program would have to be significantly reduced. So this is one of the gaps, although, of course, not the only one that remains, but a key and core one."

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